diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c28a71dd..7165404d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ideaVersion=IC-162.426.1
 ijPluginRepoChannel=
 downloadIdeaSources=false
-version=0.9.8.2-146
+version=0.9.9.0-146
 javaVersion=1.8
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/errorreport/PluginErrorReportSubmitter.java b/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/errorreport/PluginErrorReportSubmitter.java
index aec0c846..6e50d3ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/errorreport/PluginErrorReportSubmitter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/errorreport/PluginErrorReportSubmitter.java
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@
 
 package com.urswolfer.intellij.plugin.gerrit.errorreport;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ex.ApplicationInfoEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.ErrorReportSubmitter;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.IdeaLoggingEvent;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.SubmittedReportInfo;
+import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
 import com.intellij.util.Consumer;
 import com.urswolfer.intellij.plugin.gerrit.Version;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
@@ -47,6 +50,17 @@ public String getReportActionText() {
 
     @Override
     public boolean submit(IdeaLoggingEvent[] events, String additionalInfo, Component parentComponent, Consumer<SubmittedReportInfo> consumer) {
+        if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(additionalInfo) || !additionalInfo.contains("@")) {
+            String emailAddress = Messages.showInputDialog(
+                "It seems you have not included your email address.\n" +
+                "If you enter it below, you will get most probably a message " +
+                "with a solution for your issue or a question which " +
+                "will help to solve it.", "Information Required", null);
+            if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(emailAddress)) {
+                additionalInfo = additionalInfo == null
+                    ? emailAddress : additionalInfo + '\n' + emailAddress;
+            }
+        }
         ErrorBean errorBean = createErrorBean(events[0], additionalInfo);
         String json = new Gson().toJson(errorBean);
         postError(json);
@@ -73,7 +87,15 @@ private void postError(String json) {
         HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(ERROR_REPORT_URL);
         httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(json, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
         try {
-            httpClient.execute(httpPost);
+            CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
+            try {
+                if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 406) {
+                    String reasonPhrase = response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();
+                    Messages.showErrorDialog(reasonPhrase, "Gerrit Plugin Message");
+                }
+            } finally {
+                response.close();
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw Throwables.propagate(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index cb673944..b8249b8f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
           href="https://github.com/uwolfer/gerrit-intellij-plugin#pre-releases">
           https://github.com/uwolfer/gerrit-intellij-plugin#pre-releases</a>.</li>
 
+          <li>0.9.9.0</li>
+          <ul>
+            <li>fix automatic update for IntelliJ 2016.2 (by bumping version number)</li>
+            <li>improvements in error reporting flow</li>
+          </ul>
           <li>0.9.8.2</li>
           <ul>
             <li>fix displaying most significant label in change list</li>